Wider Community & Employers

Our Mission

"At XP Trust, our mission is simple: we want every student to leave us ready for the world, with big ambitions and the skills to achieve them. We will help each student build the confidence, knowledge, and experience to choose their own path — and succeed on it.

Whether that path leads to university or an apprenticeship and eventually into the world of work, we will make sure each and every student is ready to take the next step."

XP Doncaster - Contact: Kathryn Burns, kburns@xpschool.org, 01302 898792 

XP School Provider Access Statement and Policy

XP East Provider Access Statement and Policy 

XP Gateshead - Contact: Martin Said, msaid@xpgateshead.org, 01302 898792 

XPG Provider Access Statement and Policy

Working with Experts and the Community at XP Schools

Each term, students at XP schools study cross-curricular learning expeditions which address big questions such as "How can we continue to make progress in public health?" or "What does it mean to be human?".

Working alongside experts, carrying out purposeful fieldwork and doing authentic and worthy work are integral parts of every learning expedition. Our students work as artists, geologists, writers, scientists, engineers, designers... to complete projects within each learning expedition, with public facing products that make a difference to our local community. 

We are open to contact from organisations that could enrich our students' study of the curriculum through working alongside experts.

Likewise, we are on the lookout for organisations that can provide authentic briefs for our students to experience working as a scientists, mathematician, artist etc. 

If you are interested in supporting our learning expeditions, please contact:

 Doncaster - office@xpschool.org / office@xpeast.org

Gateshead - office@xpgateshead.org

XP Trust fully recognises its responsibility for safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children.

With the support and challenge of experts like you, our students have:

• Published illustrated local history books on our cultural heritage 

• Composed music to honour the stories of members of the mining community

• Authored creative writing produced these as a radio broadcast

• Designed a week's worth of recipes to feed families in need, and then donated food boxes with all ingredients and recipes to a local charity.

• Written and delivered speeches on a range of important local and global topics and hosted a Climate Conference which included guest panelists from MP Ed Millaband to business leaders.

• Created an art installation to promote organ donation, housed at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital.

• Created and showcased a range of instillations that are displayed in the local community - our students work is outward facing and purposeful

• Published a website to promote conservation of local species, helping scientists to collect data on important keystone species.

• Service learning within the community - As part of experience of the workplace a group of students work  with local charity MIND to clear allotment space so that their clients can build beautiful plots to nurture and support their mental health.(see below)

• Performed a range of plays and shows to the public, including our recent XP Festival of Arts and Culture.

• Produced a film which honours the stories of migrants to and from the UK.

• Designed and manufactured a cast sculpture inspired by brutalism which is curated at the Farrell Centre for Architecture.

And the list could go on .......

Drop down day for XP Doncaster 

All XP/E students took part in an awesome Crew Community Engagement Day designed to prepare them for a safe and informed summer and give them an insight into the roles available in Uniformed Services.

The day featured hands-on workshops and demos led by local police and services. Students explored police kit, vehicles, and drone technology, gaining insight into how these tools are used in real-life situations. Sessions, talks and Q&As encouraged honest conversations and gave students practical tools to navigate peer pressure and online challenges over the holidays. This engagement has inspired several of our students to further explore careers within our frontline services.